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Originally posted by bhutocracy
I didn't actually read past the first line of your post eros. and i can't alter my other post.
Being addicted to fatty food doesn't somehow stop you from being able to make a bike's wheels go round with your legs and if you've got emotional issues that make you want to eat, you need a psychologist not a new diet.
I am responsible for my weight and it's my own fault im not fit. Everyone gets addicted to fatty food. I would rather be shot in the face than whine about it. The best and simplest solution is for me to get out and do some cardio and weights. That way I can eat whatever the hell I want whenever I want it and still lose weight. what a revelation.. which is what im trying to do at the moment.
But whatever.. if it works for people, great, at least they're doing something about it.. the diet industry just pisses me off. preying on vulnerable people and making money.
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See once again you like to look at just a simple answer to it all.
There are many levels to a human being and life is not one size fits all.
No one is making excuses, most fat people I know live in such a world of shame regarding themselves, and blame themselves so this does NOT apply.
People make mistakes, do damage to their bodies all the time, like the alcoholics and the drug addicts, so quit holding up fat people to a different set of standards.
When you get to 300 pounds it is difficult to exercise.
There are people who hurt just sitting, they are in pain just from existing.
Yes it is their fault for getting to that point to begin with and that's not debateable.
However to simply just state "exercise" as the solution to it all leaves out a very vital part of a solution to a deeply layered problem.
As I stated above there are many reasons a person eat.
And in your initial post you did NOT attack the diet industry...your snide comment attacked people who were over weight.
Then you followed up with a second post and third post attacking me personally all because I state and will continue to state that not everyone can fit under one single plan or answer in life.
No one is whining here, other than those against Atkins. No one is shirking responsiblity here and laying down excuses.
People need a lifestyle change to take place in order to reach their desired weight and healt level and to maintain it.
Living a life of restriction and punishment is something that NO ONE can do forever, which is what most diets are about.
Dr. Atkins has figured out a way to help you through the withdrawals, to switch your energy burning processes so that you can stay the course long enough to develop some better habits.
There is nothing wrong with that.
and for your response about eating whatever you want whenever you want as long as you exercise doesn't hold water for alot of people, and sadly won't hold water for you in the long run.
Some people are insulin resistant, some people have slower metabolisms and this plan addresses all that.
And just because you exercise does not mean you are necessarily the healthiest person around.
There are many other things that can and will affect your health.
Your cholesterol levels, your blood sugar levels etc.
Go ahead and eat whatever you want and exercise you can still have a heart attack or a stroke and die due to your diet.
However I'll continue to follow a plan that has lowered my blood sugar levels, my blood pressure #'s, lowered my bad cholesterol while increasing my good cholesterol.
A plan that has also helped me to lose weight, increased my energy which the combination of the two has enabled me to get more exercise and all the while I'm eating foods that not only taste good but are good for you and cutting out all of the processed crap and not regretting it one damn bit.
I was you just a few short years ago.
I was the guy giving my uncle a difficult time for even considering Atkins, mainly because I could not get past a new idea that is actually decades and in some people's opinions centuries old.
I could not get past what the government and the FDA has pounded in our heads over the past 30 years.
I just hope I did not discourage him enough that he gave up something that could have altered his entire life.